After the AIA released a statement vowing to work with the President-elect, members of the architecture community responded with #NotmyAIA.

The blanket statement of support for the incoming administration has drawn harsh backlash from members of the architecture community, many of whom reject the agreeable wording of the statement made on their behalf. Architects took to social media to assert their opposition to the statement with the #NotMyAIA hashtag created by Latent Design.

Architect's Newspaper was among the first to release an official response, which reflects the unwillingness of many in the profession to be grouped into the AIA's statement. "The memo’s imprecise language, uncritical stance, and congratulatory tone not only willfully misunderstand the stated policy objectives of the President-elect, but in committing such a lapse in judgement, submit the 89,000-member profession to the willful service of the destructive goals stated above," the editors wrote. The statement also collected feedback from practitioners and academics expressing disagreement with Ivy's statement, including Zach McKown, Cooper Union School of Architecture dean Nader Tehrani, and even Center for Architecture, the AIA New York Chapter.

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The architect-urbanist Michael Sorkin has arisen as one of the most vocal critics of the statement. Sorkin posted a strongly worded call-to-arms on Facebook on Saturday entitled Architecture Against Trump. In it, they outline areas that architects should remain vigilant in pursuing under a Trump administration, including a commitment to affordable housing, the environment, and equitable business practices. Their statement concludes: "We must carry on the struggle for a just and sustainable environment with redoubled strength, opposing the reactionary policies that so gravely threaten our most fundamental values. Trump’s agenda—and that of his allies—will only accelerate the privatization and erosion of our public realm in both its social and physical forms and practices. We call upon the AIA to stand up for something beyond a place at the table where Trump’s cannibal feast will be served! Let us not be complicit in building Trump’s wall but band together to take it down!"